• emmy67@lemmy.world
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    2 个月前

    The people who are offended by “toxic masculinity” already use pseudo masculinity to describe everything not toxic masculinity.

    All yold I think pseudo masculinity can only be more confusing.

    • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 个月前

      I’d never heard it before and I understood the implication before they expanded on it. I’m a woman and a feminist who thinks the term toxic masculinity is unsuitable.

      • emmy67@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 个月前

        That may be. I’m just suggesting pseudo masculinity is worse because it’s already confused.

        • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          2 个月前

          But so is toxic masculinity. It’s used to describe men being assholes because they’re men, and not because they just happen to be assholes, too.

          • emmy67@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 个月前

            Hey, sure. I’m not arguing for the term toxic masculinity. I’m arguing against pseudo masculinity because it’s way more confusing.

            It’s probably better to find another term entirely

            • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
              1·
              2 个月前

              I understood pseudo masculinity without the explanation. I haven’t seen any evidence yet that the term has been confused.

              But any term for a gender issue is going to be misconstrued and confused, just look at the term feminism.